by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Apr 17, 2023 | Chasing Your Dream, Hanging on to Hope, Never Give Up
“No life is more tragic than the individual who nurses a dream, an ambition, always wishing and hoping, but never giving it a chance.” Richard DeVos September 3, 2008 – Coors Field – Denver, Colorado: The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 28, 2023 | Chasing Your Dream, Iron-willed, Refusing to Quit
“Have your own dream! It doesn’t have to be big and fancy like walking to the South Pole but have your own damn dream.” Robert Swan January 17, 1912 – South Pole, Antarctica: British explorer Robert Scott stared in disbelief at the flag with a blue...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 14, 2023 | Chasing Your Dream, Determination Despite the Odds, Overcoming Obstacles
“I think people who end up ‘first’ don’t set out to be first. They set out to do something they love, and it just so happens that they are the first to do it.” ...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 16, 2023 | Adversity, Chasing Your Dream, Never Give Up
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” Walt Disney 1923 – Kansas City, Missouri: Walt applied for a job as a cartoonist at the Kansas City Star newspaper....
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 19, 2022 | Chasing Your Dream, Encouragement, Enhanced Perspective
“Go for it while you can. I know you have it in you. I can’t promise you’ll get everything you want, but I can promise nothing will change if you don’t try.” J.M. Darhower...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 18, 2022 | Chasing Your Dream, Never Give Up, Refusing to Quit
“I’ve had plenty of ups and downs and disappointments in my career. The story of my life has been people telling me what I can’t do. You’re not a strategic manager. You can’t handle pitchers. After a while, I quit listening to folks tell me what I can’t do.”...
